Position: Vice President, Engineering Location: Houston, Texas (hybrid, with regular travel to project sites) Who are we recruiting for? Executive Integrity is partnering, on a confidential and retained basis, with a US independent power producer backed by one of the world’s largest infrastructure investors to appoint a Vice President, Engineering. The business develops, builds and operates utility-scale solar and battery storage projects. It is now building a new venture focused on industrial waste heat recovery: a technology-agnostic approach to decarbonising industrial process heat. What will you be doing? As VP Engineering, you will take a completed front-end engineering design package and own everything needed to turn it into a delivered, commissioned project: procurement, construction and commissioning. At the same time, you will build the in-house capability to do this faster and more cost-effectively over time. Today, delivery runs through a third-party EPC contractor. This role exists to bring that capability in-house and improve project economics from day one. Key responsibilities include: • Negotiating directly with equipment manufacturers and building a multi-vendor roster, reducing reliance on third-party EPC margin. • Challenging and improving engineering design packages. • Managing modular fabrication and on-site integration. • Owning construction and commissioning through to handover, across a varied mix of projects and delivery models. • Choosing the right delivery model for each project and host site. • Developing an in-house cost-estimation and cost-basis method, reducing dependence on external EPC quotes. • Building a repeatable, scalable delivery playbook and the function’s own team as project volume grows. • Acting as a technical thought partner to the venture’s leadership on delivery risk and trade-offs, and explaining that risk credibly to investor stakeholders. Are you the ideal candidate? • 15+ years of engineering experience (20+ preferred), with a chemical or mechanical engineering background. • Direct, hands-on experience with heat integration or heat recovery projects. • A demonstrated track record taking late-stage engineering designs through procurement, construction and commissioning. • Direct experience negotiating with manufacturers across major equipment categories, ideally including compressors and heat exchangers. • Exposure to modular, off-site fabrication and on-site integration delivery models. • Entrepreneurial and comfortable working with limited structure and few established playbooks. • Pragmatic rather than perfectionist: focused on projects that work commercially, not gold-plated engineering. • Able to communicate technical and delivery risk clearly to non-technical and investor audiences. • International project delivery experience is a plus, but not required. What’s in it for you? • The chance to build a delivery function from scratch inside a fully funded new venture. The first projects you deliver will set the standard for everything that follows. • Backing from patient, long-term infrastructure capital, with exposure to the investor’s technical diligence team as the pipeline grows. • A competitive base salary, with an annual bonus confirmed individually. • Participation in a management incentive pool for the new venture, with both time-based and outcome-based vesting. • Unlimited PTO, hybrid working, a cell phone stipend, life insurance and a 401(k). • Regular travel to project and host sites across the US, mainly the Midwest and Gulf Coast. Who are Executive Integrity? Executive Integrity is a global executive search and recruitment consultancy for a more sustainable world with a focus on talent within the Maritime and Renewable Energy sectors. We give a proportion of all our profits to Renewable World, a charity that develops affordable and innovative renewable energy solutions to poverty-stricken communities.